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Question inspired by a Charley horse that hit in the middle of the night.

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[–] Carter@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] VitoCorleone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy shit, came here to say that. Nothing compares to the pain of having a tube inserted in your urethra all the way down to the bladder, and as the tube is turned (it's a camera) it hits the sides of the bladder and it starts to bleed, and it burns like nothing I've felt before.

[–] lyam23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When they pulled out the camera I asked "Oh, does the camera come out of that big housing?". "No, that is the camera." 😮

[–] 0xeb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Getting kicked by the balls

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I accidentally touched mains power when I was 10 while trying to plug in my gameboy charger. It's been 18 years since, but that was definitely something I never want to experience again. I remember I could feel it in my muscles for more than a week afterwards

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Active addiction and the hopelessness of hunger, legal trouble, and flexing my principles in order to function.

[–] vita_man@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What do you mean by "flexing my principles"?

[–] DocSophie@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thankfully breaking a bone. The only time I broke one was back in the summer of 1999 on the way out to the car with my family, I think we were headed into town for something when I slipped on our porch and fell weird. As my parents supported me down to the car, out of instinct I put weight on my broken leg.

I can still remember the loss of absolutely everything else, my mind was just flooded with that agony.

[–] meliache@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sorry to hear that. Though a broken pain must not necessarily mean severe pain. It depends on which bone you break, where and how. You got unlucky there. I had a couple of broken bones, my big toe, my hand and part of my hip (not the joint, but the Illium, which has a purely protective function), and in all those cases the pain was managable without painkillers, as long as I didn't move the injured body part at least. It was always a closed wound and there was a crack in the xray but the bone had not moved much out of place and never needed an operation. Also adrenaline played a role, I broke my hand at a Judo competition and at first just thought I just bruised, but the paramedid noticed that it moved where it shouldn't.

With all my traumatic injuries I was consoled by the fact that soon I will arrive in the hospital, will be cared for and the pain will stop.

The worst pains I had were a severe tooth ache and strong migrain attacks. It was worsened by the fact that I didn't know when the pain will end.

[–] Usul_00_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Getting hit in the balls.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

First day of school.

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I once had an open fracture. What was strange was that I was so hopped up on adrenaline, I didn't even notice at first. The pain I've had from things like a calf cramp was way, way worse. In this case I called my own ambulance and they loaded me in and were like "uh. Does that hurt?" And I was like "Oh, does it hurt? Yeah, I guess it should, shouldn't it?"

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Brain freeze. Does the ability to get it go away as you get older or something?

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

No, I get them worse than ever now.

[–] Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 points 2 years ago

Drinking water helps it go away faster.

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